With a huge photo of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as the backdrop, Delaney Gardner shared her own dream for change.

Gardner, a third-grader at Discovery School, hopes for the day when there will be a cure for Alzheimer's disease. Her grandmother has the disease, and Gardner doesn't want anyone else to experience what she has to - having a loved one who can't remember your name.

"It makes me feel sad for her not to know much," said Gardner, who wants to study medicine to help find a cure for the disease.

A North Carolina man has filed a $500 million dollar lawsuit against ZF Lemforder Corp., claiming he was subjected to regular torture over a four-year period by various employees who thought he was gay.

Columbia lawyer Benjamin Mabry filed the suit on behalf of Kenneth Baucom, who worked at the ZF Commerical Suspension Systems & Components facility at Lancaster Business Park facility until late last year.

The average tuition in public two-year colleges increased by 4.2 percent and by 6.6 percent at public four-year colleges since last year, according to the College Board, a nonprofit organization of more than 5,200 educational institutions.

With the cost of tuition on the rise and student debt at an all-time high, ArrowPointe Federal Credit Union recognizes the need to help students reach their higher education goals.